Shailene Woodley Is Tired of All Those Jennifer Lawrence Comparisons

Shailene Woodley has had it with comparisons to Jennifer Lawrence—not because she doesn't still think J-Law is "a strong, empowered female," but because she thinks that pitting women against each other "creates distress."

In a profile for New York magazine, writer Lynn Hirschberg reveals that Shailene's appearance on The Tonight Show in March was edited to remove her comments after Jimmy Fallon asked her, "How do you feel about being compared to Jennifer Lawrence?"According to Hirschberg, Woodley said, "Comparisons always lead to despair," at which point the audience booed her and she tried to explain her views, but the entire segment was cut from what aired on TV.

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Later, Woodley further explained her position to Hirschberg, saying: "As women, we are constantly told that we need to compare ourselves to a girl in school, to our co-­workers, to the images in a magazine. How is the world going to advance if we're always comparing ourselves to others? I admire Jennifer Lawrence, but she's everyone's favorite person to compare me to. Is it because we both have short hair and a vagina? I see us as separate individuals. And that's important. As women, our insecurities are based on all these comparisons. And that creates distress."

Shailene said it "bothered" her that the audience booed her, but she has tried to forget about it.

"In these few moments that we have here on Earth, are we going to torture ourselves?" she said. "Or are we going to allow our lights to be dimmed? How do we expect men to respect women, or women to rise to more power when we don't respect our queendom in the same way that men respect their kingdom?"

Do you agree with Shai? Should people stop comparing her to J.Law?Comment below!